AIC Kijabe Hospital

February 13th, 2026

Dear Friends,

Every day in the Emergency Department at AIC Kijabe Hospital in Kenya, we care for patients whose conditions can change in minutes. Many arrive in critical condition— after being involved in a car accident, during a heart attack, or with a life threatening infection. Families come anxious and afraid, trusting us to recognize danger quickly and respond.

Our nurses often care for multiple critically ill patients simultaneously. Currently, our nurses must move from bed to bed to manually check vital signs, working carefully to detect early changes that signal a patient is deteriorating. When the department is crowded and multiple emergencies arrive at once, this task becomes increasingly difficult, and dangerous delays can occur.

A central patient monitoring system would significantly improve our ability to provide safe, timely care. With continuous, centralized visibility of heart rate, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, and cardiac rhythms for multiple patients, our team could identify concerning trends earlier and intervene sooner—often before a patient’s condition becomes irreversible.

This system builds on our current equipment and would also allow nurses to spend less time repeatedly checking monitors and more time at the bedside caring for patients and supporting families. For our clinicians, it would improve workflow and reduce misses; for patients, it would mean closer, safer monitoring during their most critical moments.

The total cost of the central patient monitoring system is $7,400. This includes a Philips Central Monitoring Workstation, networking switch, and display monitors. This single investment would have a daily, lastng impact on patient safety and outcomes in our Emergency Department.

We are grateful to be partnering with Southwestern Medical Clinic Foundation (www.SWMCF.org), a Christian medical missions foundation based in southwest Michigan. They have generously offered a matching gift of up to $4,000 to the Central Patient Monitoring System project. Would you consider helping us complete the remaining dollars needed to purchase this important equipment?

Thank you for walking alongside us as we care for those who come seeking help and hope. Your partnership enables us to continue providing compassionate, Christ-centered emergency care to patients from across Kenya—often at the most critical moment of their lives.

Sincerely,